The number of people travelling to Canada in January has increased from last year however has remained lower than what it was prior the COVID-19 outbreak Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
According to the federal agency, some 218,600 American residents traveled to Canada in January, compared to 86,500 in the same month a year earlier. They were still far fewer than the 1.2 million Americans who visited the country in January 2020.
In January 2020 Canada welcomed 365,600 travellers. The number of international visitors (not including those from the United States) arriving to Canada in January was 79,700, compared to 34,500 in January 2021.
January 2022 reports show that there were 690,200 returning Canadian residents from the United States. January 2021 saw just 265,000 returning residents from Canada. This years figured are still very low compare to the 3.1 million in January 2020.
463,700 Canadian residents returned from travel overseas in January 2022, more than double the seen in January 2021 with just 160,500 returning residents. Again, this is down from January 2020 where the boarders welcome 1.4 million returning Canadians from overseas travels.
Ottawa advised Canadian on December 15 2021 to avoid all non-essential travel out of Canada as COVID-19 cases were on the rise. Shortly after the announcement on December 21 2021, the Canadian government imposed requirements that meant all travelers entering Canada to provide a negative molecular test result for COVID-19.